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Microsoft Silverlight for Linux

The equivalent of ’s Silverlight but for operating systems is available for as of May 13, 2008, under the label . According to the official description of the , is nothing more than the open source implementation of Silverlight, tailored for UNIX systems. With this latest step in the evolution of Silverlight, can finally claim that the is truly cross-platform, because ahead of the May 13 public release of , support was available exclusively for and Mac OS X operating systems.

is a project developed in parallel with Silverlight, but not by the Redmond company. In fact, partnered with Mono, an open source project backed by , in order to port Silverlight to . At this point in time is still in development, and as such comes with the inherent problems associated with any Beta.

“The release comes in two forms: no-media codecs supported, but easy to . This currently builds for and -64 for . [And] source-code compilation, but you can optionally compile FFMpeg codecs yourself. To do this, our moon-0.6.tar.bz2. And follow the build instructions”, revealed Miguel de Icaza, Vice President for Developer Technologies.

De Icaza noted that is designed to integrate seamlessly with both 2.0 and 3.0 releases, but that the latest modifications introduced in the development of version 3.0 of ’s open source will cause the open source implementation of Silverlight for to malfunction. At this point in time Mono is offering both 1.0 and 2.0 versions, adapted to correspond to ’s own Silverlight 1.0 and 2.0 releases.

“ supports “windowless” mode, a mechanism that allows Silverlight content to blend with other HTML elements on a page. This is only supported by 3, users of older versions of might run into Silverlight applications and sites that do not work correctly as many Silverlight applications depend on this functionality (Flash sites have the same with 2)”, de Icaza added.

Novel 1.0 and 2.0 Alpha are available for here.

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Written by Jason on May 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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How to Move Web Applications to Your Desktop

Although many people have their favorite apps setup as their homepage on their browsers, there are times when running a app inside its own window - in a separate process - could come handy. Think about having your clogged up with way above 30-40 tabs open and crashing at random times.

Then, you will just have to open it again and fire up the interface you were working with at the time of the crash. A app will automatically eliminate the need of restarting your work flow all over again just because a buggy decided that he had enough.

That’s only a quick example why one would need a app to run on its . To be able to do it, you will have to use an developed by and named Prism. It enables the end user to easily integrate any type of into a friendly environment.

Why use it

Most probably the final users of the apps will be those who don’t know a lot about computers, the kind of people who consider a app like a distinct . This is actually a good thing if you see it from the developer’s point of view because, this way, people will tend not to think that they are on the .

Thus, the app will get a temporary status of , a fact that, added up to the lack of toolbars and other specific elements, will help the end user to get a lot more focus on the task at hand and greatly reduce distractions.

Wondering what other uses you might have for such an app? Well, you could use it to stay logged on into a calendar account without having to re-login when switching between your accounts, easily access a local app inside a business environment where you do not need a full browsing experience, and the list could go on.

Also, Prism will allow the developers to easily create apps that can run on Prism without having to worry about specifically targeting Prism, because a app that will run in a modern standards compliant will automatically be able to run in Prism.

Prism is an built on , therefore it is cross-platform (runs on OS X, and ) and supports technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

How to use it

First of all, go HERE and Prism to your . After mounting the downloaded dmg file, copy Prism to your Applications folder and run it by double clicking on its icon.

In the window that will appear you will get access to all the options you will need to configure the app you want to create. I have chosen the app as an example, but you can migrate to your any other app you may want to.

In the URL field fill in the link to the app you have chosen and write down the name that Prism should give it after making it available on your . The ‘Show location bar’, ‘Show status message and progress’ and ‘Enable navigation keys’ can be selected or left as they are according to your own taste. In case you want your app to only be able to go to a single location (like the aforementioned for example), be sure not to select the location bar.

The ‘Create ’ option sub-group will help you choose the places where you want the app to be available and the ‘Icon’ option will allow you to quickly select an image that you wan to associate with the app you want to create. You will be able to choose between the app’s fav icon (as it is called in the Prism interface ‘the icon from the ’) or to select a custom image from your .

The next step is to push the OK button and Prism will take care of everything. The app will be available on your , Dock and/or Applications Folder, according to what you have chosen on the app creation interface.

Who would use it

I suppose many people will not get the idea behind the Prism project and will think it is just a feature-less . That’s what I’ve thought in the beginning too but, after considering all the things everyone had to say ( developers, users, people who don’t have a lot of know-how), I think Prism might prove very useful in the business environment.

Here, when somebody wants to access a app, the need for toolbars and all types of add-ons and buttons is almost close to zero, therefore being able to access the app in a and focused environment should prove very helpful in maximizing the amount of attention on the task at hand and, in the end, creating a more productive environment.

I’m not saying others won’t find it useful too (the Calendar example above should fit the profiles of a lot of people), it’s just that this type of approach doesn’t feel natural to most users. Many have already said it just resembles too much making a shortcut to the actual website where the app runs or even giving up on the multi-tabbed experience.

Whatever your position on this subject may be, feel free to comment and leave your opinion on the usefulness of Prism in a world dominated by multi-tab capable browsers like Safari, , , and many others.

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5 Quick FireFox Tips

One of the cool things about is it’s never ending ways to do things. While this list will not make headlines, any list I find, always has one or two worth saving. Here are five that I like because they are quick and don’t require any extensions or add-ons installation.

Tip 1 - Bookmarks are great, but sometimes you may want to save a site link for the short term. Instead of creating a Bookmark, just click and hold on the site in the Address bar, then drag and drop to your Desktop creating an instant shortcut link to the site. Next time you need to visit the site, click on the shortcut and will open the link in a new tab.

Tip 2 - 2.0 provides a few options to customize what sites you want opened when starts up. By setting the preference in Tools \ Options under the Main tab, I like to have several sites open, by selecting Show My Home Page (next to When Starts) and adding URL’s in the Home Page field.

But after a while, I find new sites here and there and end up needing to add or remove URL’s.

Instead of constantly modifying the URL’s in the Home Page field, you can have open all sites located in a Bookmark folder. Just select Use Bookmark and choose a folder. You can easily add and remove sites to the folder, then just refresh the sites by clicking on Use Bookmark and re-select the folder (This also works on version 1.5).

Tip 3 - If you like to use shortcuts, but found the Page Up / Down and Home End keys are not working anymore, just hit F7 to get them working again. The keys become disabled if the feature was enabled either in Tools \ Optons \ Advanced tab and selecting Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages or you press F7 and answered yes to the following for Caret Browsing.

By selecting the check box Do not show me this dialog box again, pressing F7 toggles the feature on or off, but does not display the dialog box if the keys become disabled again without warning. To get the warning back:

* about:config in the Address Bar
* In the Filter bar, .warn_on_browsewithcaret and double click on it to set the Value to True.

Tip 4 - When searching using search box on the Navigation toolbar, search results will open in the active tab. Using Alt + Enter will open the search results in a new tab. You can make this the default action by having the searches open in a new tab all the time with the following change:

* about:config in the Address Bar
* In the Filter bar, .search.openintab and double click on it to set the Value to True.

Tip 5 - Tab browsing is one of the best inventions since the . But sometimes when you have many tabs open, it’s hard to find the active tab.

To make this change, make sure the userChrome.css file exist in your profile directory at the following locations:

On Vista: C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\\\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\chrome
On XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\ Data\\\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\chrome
On (typicaly) ~/.//xxxxxxxx.default/

(If file does not exist, just create a text file and name it userChrome.css)

Then copy the following code into userChrome.css and save it.

/* Make inactive tabs almost visible */
#content tab:not([selected="true"]) {
-moz-opacity: 0.5 !important; }

Close and re-open and you will now be able to easily find the active tab.

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April 2008 Popular Tips for PcTipsBox - TOP10

1. Download Windows Vista Recovery Disc
2. Windows cannot find svchost.exe
3. Windows Vista SP1 Security Vulnerabilities
4. Download Vista User Interface Language Packs
5. Vista SP1 Performance Analysis Tools
6. Show or hide all of your windows
7. How to turn off User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista
8. Remove Old Files After Vista SP1 Installation
9. Use windows clipboard more effectively with Clipx
10. XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Will Own Linux-Free Desktops until Windows 7

and other poular tips

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How to install Ubuntu Linux from USB Stick

This describes by copying the contents of the CD to an stick (aka flash drive) and making the stick bootable. This is handy for machines like ultra portable notebooks that do not have a but can boot from media.

In short here’s what you do:

Prepare the flash drive

Boot the computer from your flash drive.

as you would from a normal

Prerequisites

A running 8.04 or any version

A device (stick, pen-drive, ) that has already been formatted with FAT32 and has enough space to hold your image

A CD image downloaded from the servers or mirrors (*. file) or from here

Step 1

On the root directory of your device, create a folder “”
Copy the installer and the initramdisk into this folder ( source below.You need the files “” and “initrd.gz”).

source for the installer and initramdisk

For AMD64 from here
For i386 from here

You need to the files “” and “initrd.gz”.

Step 2

Note: You need to have the installer that fits the architecture of your version you want to . In other words, you need a amd64 installer if you want to an amd64 . image and the i386 installer for an i386 .

Step 3

From the image you downloaded, copy the folder “isolinux” to the root directory of your device (right-click on the . file, choose “extract here”). Rename “isolinux” into “”. Go inside the directroy “”. There, rename the file “isolinux.cfg” into “.cfg”.

Step 4

Make the stick bootable: Use fdisk to set the boot flag,

using the following

sudo aptitude

Now use to a boot sector on your device

sudo /dev/sdbX

where sdbX is the device name and number of your device, check with “sudo mount”. A file called “ldlinux.sys” will be created in the root direcotry of the device.

Step 5

Copy the CD image in the root directory of your device (Contents of you can see as follows).If you are using i386 you need to copy the complete . image in to the root directory of your device.

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Howto Sync Wireless iPhone with Amarok

The following allows you to wirelessly sync an with in 7.10, including adding, editing and playing songs and playlists.

Note :- it requires a jailbroken .

Step1 :- Set up the

On your :

Click Settings ? General and set Auto-lock to Never. This will ensure the keeps the open.

Click Settings ? and select your . Click the Static button and change the to something outside the dynamically assigned range of your . For example, if your router normally assigns 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.5, try 192.168.1.10. This will ensure your is always contactable at the same address for syncing.

Open Installer.

Click on All Packages ? OpenSSH ? .

Click All Packages ? BSD Subsystem ?

Step2 :- Set up

A third party source provides the ipod convenience package needed to properly mount and unmount an or , and for gtkpod users, a newer gtkpod that’s required for the and .

First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ipod-touch/ gutsy main

Save and exit the file

Update the source list

sudo aptitude update

the ipod-convenience and packages

sudo aptitude ipod-convenience

When asked, enter the of your or that you selected earlier. When asked for a folder to mount your or , either leave the default of /media/ipod or another folder if you prefer - just remember to use that folder name for rest of this . The package will make the folder for you.

Step3 :- Set up

Click Applications ? Sound and Video ?

When you first open up :

Click Settings ? Configure .

Choose Media Devices.

Hit Add Device.

Select Media Device for the plugin type.

Point it at your mount point, /media/ipod.

Back in the main app, click the blue cog icon called Configure Device just above the or . For Pre-Connect , add -mount, for the Post-Disconnect , add -umount

Click Connect. After entering your , your or should now appear in .

You can now add, edit, and delete music to the like any other device. Just drag the music files into , and hit Transfer to move them to your . When you’re done, stop any music playing from the and click Disconnect.

Music should show now up in the immediately.

Note: If music doesn’t show up immediately this may be due to a bug recent BSD Subsystem packages missing the killall . If so, you can killall for , move the ‘killall’ file to /usr/bin/on your , and enable the execute permission.

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XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Will Own Linux-Free Desktops until Windows 7

Even though with the advent of Vista the open source saw the ripe moment for Linux to strengthen its grip over consumer PCs, the fact of the matter is that still holds a firm grip over the vast majority of desktops worldwide. And there is no change visible on the horizon, especially as the two largest vendors of Linux operating systems have no plans to go against . Neither nor feel that Linux has sufficient driving force behind it in order to go against , which until 7 will largely be represented by XP 3 and .

President and CEO Ronald Hovsepian, revealed to InformationWorld that Linux will fail to become popular until 7, and even beyond. The immediate reason for this is the slow pace at which the Linux consumer market is growing. “The market for the for the next three to five years is mainly enterprise-related,” Hovsepian explained. As a direct consequence, is focusing the bulk of its efforts on winning over corporate desktops and technology enthusiasts.

But ’s perspective is shared by Red Hat. “We have no plans to create a traditional product for the consumer market in the foreseeable future,” stated the Team. With neither nor making a move against , and are bound to have an easy ride in the upcoming years. And if the situation perpetuates itself, 7 will also not have much of a challenge from Linux, either.

“An explanation: as a public, for-profit company, must create products and technologies with an eye on the bottom line, and with desktops this is much harder to do than with servers. The market suffers from having one dominant vendor, and some people still perceive that today’s simply don’t provide a practical alternative. Of course, a growing number of technically savvy users and companies have discovered that today’s Linux is indeed a practical alternative. Nevertheless, building a sustainable business around the Linux is tough, and history is littered with example efforts that have either failed outright, are stalled or are as charities,” the Team added.

is pushing the open source via Enterprise Linux , and Global . But all these products are aimed at a niche of customers, mainly in corporate environments. One company that did go straight against and is Canonical. The Ubuntu distribution of Linux is slowly making its presence felt, but at just a superficial level at this point.

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